Regard events up to a point (6)
I believe the answer is:
esteem
'regard' is the definition.
(esteeming is a kind of regarding)
'events up to a point' is the wordplay.
'events' becomes 'meets' (meet is a kind of event**).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'to a' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'point' becomes 'e' (E is an example).
'meets' back-to-front is 'steem'.
'steem' after 'e' is 'ESTEEM'.
(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Admiration, regard" , "High regard as for customer" , "Respect and admiration" , "Venerate" , "Revere - prize" .)